1932 in organized crime
See also: 1931 in organized crime, other events of 1932, 1933 in organized crime and the list of 'years in Organized Crime'.
Events
- Al Capone sent to the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary after his 1931 conviction for evasion. Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti succeeeds Capone as leader of the Chicago Outfit, with Tony "Joe Batters" Accardo as Underboss. With Chicago's criminal activity united in a criminal syndicate, the Chicago Outfit begins to resemble the modern day National Crime Syndicate.
- Charles "Lucky" Luciano begins employing Louis "Lepke" Buchalter's Murder, Inc. for National Crime Syndicate murder contracts.
- Future Gambino crime family leader, Paul Castellano, is brought into the Gambino crime family by Carlo Gambino.
- Sicilian mafiosi Vito Cascio Ferro dies in Rome, Italy while in prison.
- February 9 - Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll is killed in a drive-by shooting while attempting to extort Owney "Killer" Madden from a public telephone booth several blocks from Madden's apartment.
- March 16 - Antonio Lonzo and Gerard Vernotico are killed by members of the Genovese crime family.
- July 29 - Pittsburgh bootleggers John, Arthur and James Volpe are shot to death in a Pittsburgh coffee shop. The hits were reportedly ordered by Pittsburgh crime family leader John Bazzano.
- August 8 - John Bazzano is found stuffed in a bulap sack and his body dumped on a Brooklyn street, after being strangled then stabbed to death. Bazzano's murder may have been connected to the gangland slaying of the Volpe brothers weeks earlier. Vincenzo Capizzi would later succeed Bazzano as head of the Pittsburgh family.
- September 1 - New York Mayor James J. Walker resigns from office, following his testimony before the Seabury Commission.
Arts and Literature
Births
- Salvatore Bonanno "Bill", Bonanno crime family member and son of crime family boss Joseph Bonanno.
- Frank Imbruglia, East Boston gunman
- Ralph Scopo, Colombo crime family member and Brooklyn labor union racketeer.
- Giuseppe Lambeti "Joe", drug trafficer involved in the Pizza Connection and cousin of Salvatore Lamberti
- Salvatore Lamberti, Sicilian mafiosi convicted in the Pizza Connection
- July 28 - Alphonse D'Arco "Little Al", Lucchese crime family acting boss turned government witness.
Deaths
- Vito Cascio Ferro, Sicilian mafiosi
- February 9 - Vincent Coll "Mad Dog", New York Prohibition mobster
- March 16 - Antonio Lonzo, New York mobster
- March 16 - Gerard Vernotico, New York mobster
- July 29 - John Volpe, Pittsburgh bootlegger
- July 29 - Arthur Volpe, Pittsburgh bootlegger
- July 29 - James Volpe, Pittsburgh bootlegger
- August 8 - John Bazzano, Pittsburgh crime family leader